1866 in music

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Events

Sir William Sterndale Bennett becomes Principal of the British Royal Academy of Music.
May 30 - Bedřich Smetana's opera Prodana Nevesta (The Bartered Bride) debuts in Prague at the Provisional Theater
August 4 - First performance of Gabriel Fauré's Cantique de Jean Racine
October 21 - Jacques Offenbach's operetta La Vie Parisienne debuts in Paris's Palais Royale
November 17 - Ambroise Thomas's opera Mignon debuts in Paris at the Opéra-Comique.
Marie Trautmann marries fellow musician Alfred Jaëll.

"Come Back To Erin" w.m. Claribel
"We Parted By The River" w.m. William Shakespeare Hays
"When You and I Were Young, Maggie" by James A. Butterfield & George Washington Johnson
"Write Me A Letter Home" w.m. Will S. Hays

Karel Miry
- Maria van Boergondië (opera in 4 acts, libretto by N. Destanberg, premiered on August 28 in Ghent)
- De Keizer bij de Boeren (opera in 1 act, libretto by N. Destanberg, premiered on October 29 in Ghent)
- De occasie maakt den dief (opera in 1 act, libretto by N. Destanberg, premiered on December 24 in Ghent)

La Belle Hélène (Lyrics: Henri Meilhac & Ludovic Halévy Music: Jacques Offenbach) London production opened at the Adelphi Theatre on June 30
The Black Crook - the first "book musical". Broadway production opened at Niblo's Garden on September 12 and ran for 474 performances